"Artifacts, Part 4""Origin: Blood Sword""House of Cards: The Players of Artifacts, Part 4"

*The first chapter of Top Cow’s biggest event concludes!

Artifact bearers from around the globe including Sara Pezzini, bearer of the Witchblade; Jackie Estacado, bearer of The Darkness; Dani Baptiste, bearer of The Angelus; the Magdalena, bearer of the Spear of Destiny; Tom Judge, bearer of the Rapture; and many others have found themselves pulled into an ancient struggle ignited by the kidnapping of Hope Pezzini. And now, the architect of this fateful orchestration is revealed!

From Top Cow Universe architect Ron Marz (Witchblade, Angelus) and Top Cow superstar artist Michael Broussard (The Darkness) comes an event series that will literally shake the Top Cow Universe to its foundation. Featuring a gorgeous cover by series artist Michael Broussard as well as a variant cover featuring Tom Judge by John Tyler Christopher (Witchblade).

Each issue will also feature a Top Cow Origin backup written by Marz and drawn by a superstar artist. *Source: topcow.com